Review: Some low-frequency electrical methods for subsurface characterization and monitoring in hydrogeology

A. Revil1,2, M. Karaoulis1, Timothy C. Johnson3, Andreas Kemna4
1Colorado School of Mines, Department of Geophysics, Green Center, Golden, USA
2LGIT, UMR 5559, CNRS, Equipe Volcan, Université de Savoie, Le Bourget-du-lac Cedex, France
3Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, USA
4Department of Geodynamics and Geophysics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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